Germantown, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the McClellanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29458. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Santee quadrangle.
On record in Germantown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hampton PlantationNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Santee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS South Santee quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
243 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,389 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 84 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 18 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 1998 | Natural | 26 acres | Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests | OLD DODGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Santee Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Santee Quadrangle | Zirconium, Iron, Titanium | Unknown | Placer , Modern , Beach |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wambaw Corner | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| South Santee | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Collins Creek | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Moores Corner | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| McClellanville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Thompson Corner | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tibwin | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Laurel Hill Plantation | 11.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231311. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





